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E-Verify And The Potential Effects On Government Contractors, Brad Mclean

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Regional Analysis and Public Policy at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Public Administration by Brad McLean on April 20,2009.

Providing For Rhode Islands Juvenile Delinquents: Community Based Services Vs. Incarceration, Shannon Fitzgerald

Social Work Theses

National research has shown that high quality, alternative community based diversionary programs for delinquent youth are both more effective at reducing recidivism and less expensive than incarceration. As the state of Rhode Island faces budgetary issues, not unlike the issues the United States is facing on the national level, they have begun to move toward this model as a way to address juvenile delinquency. But the question is, does Rhode Island have the available resources to provide a better alternative for these youths than incarceration? This exploratory study’s objective was to explore if Rhode Island’s juvenile delinquents will be better …

Falling Man And Man Men, Gary R. Edgerton

Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication

Mad Men’s opening credit sequence is full of obvious and hidden clues as to what this series is all about. The program is a stylistic hybrid merging elements of Hollywood movies and television programs from the late 1950s along with TV’s contemporaneous “quality” dramas of today. For example, the debt Matt Weiner and his creative team owes to Hitchcock is immediately apparent in this sequence with its pastiche of Saul Bass’s title work from Veritgo (the optical disorientation), North by Northwest (the iconography of the Manhattan skyline), and Psycho (the foreboding strings à la Bernard Herrmann). The use of …

A Tale Of Two Freedmen: Comparing Black Self-Determination In Atlanta And Salvador, Caitlin Wells

Latin American Studies Honors Projects

After emancipation, African-Americans in Atlanta, Georgia, sought self-determination through formal political means, whereas Afro-Brazilians in Salvador da Bahia pursued self-determination through cultural expression. To determine why, I have synthesized secondary sources into an original comparative narrative based in the different experiences of slavery, the different emancipation processes, and the different post-emancipation socio-political situations of each region. These contrasting histories led Afro-Brazilians in Bahia to organize much in the ways they had under slavery, whereas African Americans in Georgia were drawn into formal politics through opportunities presented under Radical Reconstruction. Unfortunately, white supremacy was quickly restored in Georgia under Redemption, leaving …

We Speak For Ourselves: Grassroots Movements In The Struggle For Environmental Justice, Christopher O'Brien

Global Studies Student Scholarship

This literature review and thesis examine two main issues, one on grassroots and community organizing and the other discussing the implications of environmental racism. The paper examines the nature of why low income and minority communities experience a disproportionate amount of environmental injustices, and what can be done at the grassroots level to combat this. Through a review of literature on both community/grassroots organizing and the prevalence of environmental racism within the United States, along with experiential findings through a community partnership, the issues of remedying environmental racism and the effectiveness of the remedies are explored. Environmental racism is a …

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 60, April 20, 2009, Grand Valley State University

Volume 43, July 10, 2008 - June 7, 2009

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Same-Sex Social Behavior In Meadow Voles: Multiple And Rapid Formation Of Attachments, Annaliese K. Beery, David M. Routman, Irving Zucker

Neuroscience: Faculty Publications

Adult meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) are solitary in the spring–summer reproductive season, but during winter months, females and males are socially tolerant and aggregate in groups. This behavioral difference is triggered by day length: female meadow voles housed in short, winterlike day lengths form same-sex partner preferences, whereas those housed in long, summer-like day lengths are less social. The present study demonstrates that same-sex social attachments in short day lengths are not exclusive; females formed concurrent attachments with more than one individual, and with non-kin as well as siblings. Partner preferences between females were established within one day of cohousing …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 41, April 20, 2009

Central Florida Future

Sirens primed for emergency alerts; Master Planning; LEAD fights students hunger; Race may be factor in deciding majors; Students compete, compute; Association for computing machinery.

Erving Was A Brilliant Scholar And A Mensch, Joseph Gusfield

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives

This interview with Joseph Gusfield, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the the University of California, San Diego, was recorded over the phone on December 19, 2008. Dmitri Shalin transcribed the interview, after which Dr. Gusfield edited the transcript and gave his approval for posting the present version in the Erving Goffman Archives. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.

Personal, Thorough, And Accessible: A Review Of Carla Willig’S Introducing Qualitative Research In Psychology, Angela Yehl

The Qualitative Report

Carla Willig’s (2008) second edition of Introducing Qualitative Research in Psychology provides the novice researcher with a solid foundation in the theoretical underpinnings of qualitative research, epistemology and how it drives qualitative research, as well as the application of six qualitative methodologies to the study of psychology.

The Dilemma Of Government-Sponsored Enterprises: The Case For Reassessing Government Accountability, Jack P. Branum

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of The Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Public Administration by Jack P. Branum on April 19, 2009.

St. Mark’S Catholic Community Of The Deaf, April 19, 2009

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Edmonton, Canada

Saint Mark's Catholic Community of the Deaf Finding Aid

St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic Church And Center For The Deaf Sunday Bulletin, April 19, 2009

Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Landover Hills, MD

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and Center for the Deaf Sunday Bulletin Finding Aid

Intellectuals And The Nation In China And India: A Public Roundtable

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

The China Beat is very slowly beginning to co-sponsor real events. Our first is this coming Friday. Friday April 24, 2009, 2:00—3:30, in HIB [Humanities Instructional Building] 110 on the UC Irvine Campus

Sponsors:

UCI’s International Center for Writing and Translation

“The China Beat,” a UCI-based Group Blog

Co-sponsors:

The UCI History Department, the Center for Asian Studies, and the UCI Bookstore

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Andrew Postlewaite, University Of Pennsylvania: "Where Do People's Preferences Come From?"

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

No abstract provided.

West Bend Mayor Says Reasons Not Good Enough To Table Library Board Appt., Ginny Maziarka

West Bend Community Memorial Library (Wisconsin), 2009

No abstract provided.

Uwm Pokes Nose Into West Bend's Issues, Ginny Maziarka

West Bend Community Memorial Library (Wisconsin), 2009

No abstract provided.

Amazon Feedback On "Deal With It!", Ginny Maziarka

West Bend Community Memorial Library (Wisconsin), 2009

No abstract provided.

West Bend Mayor Says Reasons Not Good Enough To Table Library Board Appt., Ginny Maziarka

West Bend Community Memorial Library (Wisconsin), 2009

No abstract provided.

Advances And Advance Notice

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

We were delighted to come across a piece by Friend of the Blog Michael Meyer (called “About That Book Advance…“) in last week’s New York Times Sunday Book Review section. We figured, based on the author’s track record as a writer (and the insightfulness of his comments when talking about his work), that this piece would be lively and offer some illumination on an interesting topic and that it might also have some China tidbits. Well, it was not just illuminating (explaining how tough it can be for an author to live on what sounds at first like a very …

Jennings, Alex (Fa 181), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 181. "Folklore in the Photos of 'The College Heights Herald,'" a paper written by Alex Jennings for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. Photographs from "College Heights Herald," Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, referenced.

Jokes From The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

(Part One) Understanding jokes in another language is often the highest test of fluency, based as they often are on puns and insider cultural knowledge. When Guo Qitao, professor of Chinese history at University of California, Irvine, mentioned to us that he collects clever Chinese jokes, we asked if he might share a few at China Beat. Even better–he offered to translate and gloss them. The first set we offer here are of jokes from the Cultural Revolution, a period when political rhetoric and in-fighting predominated in the public sphere. Through these jokes, we see the way that Chinese people …

Bibliography/Webliography For Visual Literacy : Visual Imagery, Databases, And A Contextual Approach To Understanding Images, Margaret D. Ericson

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Visual Literacy : Visual Imagery, Databases, And A Contextual Approach To Understanding Images, Margaret D. Ericson

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Uw-M Library School Misleads West Bend Citizens, Dan Kleinman

West Bend Community Memorial Library (Wisconsin), 2009

Document originated from Open Records Request by Ginny Maziarka

The Credibility Problem In Politics: Theory And Evidence From State-Level Abortion Legislation, Francisco Rodriguez, Eduardo Zambrano

Economics

This paper proposes a simple mechanism for evaluating the relevance of credibility problems in politics. If parties are capable of making credible policy promises, we will not expect them to systematically adopt platforms that entail large probabilities of losing an election. This is because the adoption of very extreme platforms has the effect of shifting expected policies away from their ideal points. Parties who lack the capacity of making credible commitments, in turn, are unable to affect voters' expectations of the policies they will adopt upon reaching office. We test these predictions on a panel of US states by studying …

Collins, Ellen (Fa 176), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 176. Paper: "Finding Folklore in Magazine Ads," written by Ellen Collins for a Western Kentucky University folk studies class. "Parents Magazine" photographs referenced.

Factors Related To Formal And Informal Help-Seeking For Perinatal Depressive Symptoms, Erin Henshaw

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

Effective treatment for maternal depression improves overall maternal functioning and prevents the negative infant outcomes associated with maternal depression (Verduyn et al., 2003). Despite the clear benefits associated with treatment for perinatal depression, less than one third of depressed women seek any form of treatment (Flynn et al, 2006). The Health Belief Model (HBM) has received some support for other health-promoting behaviors, but its relevance for explaining mental health help-seeking has not been adequately tested. This study adds to the literature by simultaneously providing a more comprehensive and adequate test of the HBM in predicting mental health treatment for depression …

April 17, 2009 - Staff Meeting Minutes

ALEC Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 40, April 17, 2009

Central Florida Future

Panelists discuss the first 100 days; UnCover Fridays; History comes alive; Plus: Maher talks politics in Real Time; Care for some brains, Mr. Darcy?; Democrat victories motivates GOP club; Professor researches covenant laws; Covenant Marriage.